Mother in law
No matter how remarkable a woman is – and have no doubt that Tiana Epati is remarkable – asking any wāhine two weeks away from giving birth to do an interview and photo shoot is a lot. But as Tiana puts it, “I don’t do anything I don’t want to do” – and it’s easy to believe her.
The reason the president of the New Zealand Law Society – and LawFuel’s 2019 Lawyer of the Year – is making time for us is because she is a champion of change; a merchant of hope who knows there are women who need to see what they can be. As the first person of Polynesian descent to hold the role, and the only Law Society president to give birth while in the job, Tiana is also driven by what her lawyer father said when she insisted on following him into
